| Lat / long: | 36.99396, -81.96762 |
| Primary: | Barium-Barite |
| Ore: | Barite |
| Orebody form: | IRREGULAR |
| Discovery year: | 1880 |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Yes |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| Production years: | 1880-1906 |
| First production started: | 1880 |
| Host rock: | Clay Residuum;Beekmantown Formation |
| Host type: | Clay, Mud,Limestone,Dolomite |
| Structure: | Ne-Sw Trend, Copper Ridge Syncline, Honaker Fault, Copper Creek Fault. |
| Tectonic: | Miogeosyncline |
| MRDS | K001645 |
| DEP | 10102270 |
| Reference | {Deposit:: LUTTRELL, G. W., 1966, BASE-AND PRECIOUS-METAL AND RELATED ORE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA DIV. MINERAL RESOURCES, MINERAL RESOURCES REPT. 6, 164 P.}{Deposit:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, BARITE DEPOSITS OF VIRGINIA: VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 53, 85 P.}{Deposit:: 1880? DIREXPL JOSEPH HARRISON- DUG OPEN CUTS, MINED}{Deposit:: 1906 DIREXPL LIAS HONAKER- DUG OPEN CUTS, MINED}{Production:: EDMUNDSON, R.S., 1938, VA. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 53.} |
| Reporter | Fagan, James M., Trimble, David C. (Sweet, Palmer C.) |